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A total of 44 players were born in Japan

Batters Born in Japan

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Batting Glossary

                   From ToYr   G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS BirthDate  Place of Birth
+-----------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
 Masanori Murakami 1964-1965   54    16    0    2   0   0   0    0    0    7  .125  .125  .125    0   0 1944-05-06 Otsuki         
 Jim Bowie         1994         6    14    0    3   0   0   0    0    0    2  .214  .214  .214    0   0 1965-02-17 Tokyo          
 Masato Yoshii     1998-2002  151   204   10   25   3   0   1   13    9   76  .123  .164  .152    1   1 1965-04-20 Osaka          
 Satoru Komiyama   2002        22     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    1    1  .000  .500  .000    0   0 1965-09-15 Chiba          
 Steve Chitren     1990-1991   64     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1967-06-08 Tokyo          
 Kazuhiro Sasaki   2000-2003   12     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1968-02-22 Sendai City    
 Masumi Kuwata     2007        14     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1968-04-01 Osaka          
 Shigetoshi Hasega 1997-2005  239     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1968-08-01 Kobe           
 Hideo Nomo        1995-2005  250   485   22   65  14   1   4   26   13  222  .134  .156  .192    0   0 1968-08-31 Osaka          
 Masao Kida        1999-2005   65     4    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    2  .250  .250  .250    0   0 1968-09-12 Tokyo          
 Keiichi Yabu      2005-2008   56     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1968-09-28 Mie            
 Shingo Takatsu    2004-2005   43     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1968-11-25 Hiroshima      
 Takahito Nomura   2002        21     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1969-01-10 Kouchi         
 Hideki Irabu      1997-2002   56    28    1    3   0   0   0    1    1   13  .107  .138  .107    0   0 1969-05-15 Hyogo          
 So Taguchi        2002-2008  609  1312  185  367  70   6  19  156   96  182  .280  .332  .386   37  12 1969-07-02 Hyogo Prefecture 
 Jeff McCurry      1995-1999  109     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    2  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1970-01-21 Tokyo          
 Takashi Saito     2006-2008  147     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1970-02-14 Miyagi         
 Takashi Kashiwada 1997        32     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1971-05-14 Tokyo          
 Akinori Otsuka    2004-2007  201     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1972-01-13 Chiba          
 Tsuyoshi Shinjo   2001-2003  303   876   98  215  41   4  20  100   55  128  .245  .299  .370    9   6 1972-01-28 Fukuoka        
 Dave Roberts      1999-2008  786  2617  419  699  93  51  23  205  288  348  .267  .341  .368  238  56 1972-05-31 Okinawa        
 Keith McDonald    2000-2001    8     9    3    3   0   0   3    5    2    2  .333  .455 1.333    0   0 1973-02-08 Yokosuka       
 Norihiro Nakamura 2005        17    39    1    5   2   0   0    3    2    7  .128  .171  .179    0   0 1973-07-24 Osaka          
 Kazuhisa Ishii    2002-2005   99   164   10   18   0   1   1   10    4   73  .110  .131  .140    0   0 1973-09-09 Chiba          
 Ichiro Suzuki     2001-2008 1161  4954  809 1641 184  59  69  437  343  477  .331  .377  .434  289  67 1973-10-22 Kasugai        
 Stephen Randolph  2003-2007  105    15    4    5   3   0   0    3    0    5  .333  .333  .533    0   0 1974-05-01 Okinawa        
 Hideki Matsui     2003-2008  720  2695  447  797 165  10 108  480  330  383  .296  .372  .485   12   6 1974-06-12 Kanazawa       
 Tadahito Iguchi   2005-2008  450  1698  258  466  82  11  44  197  180  345  .274  .346  .413   46  12 1974-12-04 Tokyo          
 Hiroki Kuroda     2008         8    15    1    2   1   0   0    1    1    3  .133  .188  .200    0   0 1975-02-10 Osaka          
 Mac Suzuki        1996-2002   68    25    1    2   0   0   0    0    1   13  .080  .115  .080    0   0 1975-05-31 Kobe           
+-----------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
                   From ToYr   G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS BirthDate  Place of Birth
+-----------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
 Kazuo Matsui      2004-2008  401  1484  234  406  86  15  18  143  118  272  .274  .328  .388   70  10 1975-10-23 Osaka          
 Hideki Okajima    2007         3     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1975-12-25 Kyoto          
 Tomokazu Ohka     1999-2006  160   238    8   33   2   0   0   15   10   94  .139  .173  .147    1   0 1976-03-18 Kyoto          
 Kenji Johjima     2006-2008  316  1114  123  315  60   1  34  149   41   95  .283  .321  .430    3   3 1976-06-08 Nagasaki       
 Mike Nakamura     2003-2004   22     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1976-09-06 Nara           
 Kosuke Fukudome   2008        41   149   29   48  11   2   2   16   27   26  .322  .424  .463    3   2 1977-04-26 Kagoshima      
 Craig House       2000        16     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1977-07-08 Okinawa        
 Akinori Iwamura   2007-2008  164   662  107  187  27  11  10   48   75  148  .282  .353  .402   14   9 1979-02-09 Ehime          
 Kei Igawa         2007         1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    1    0       1.000          0   0 1979-07-13 Oarai          
 Kazuhito Tadano   2004-2005    3     3    1    1   0   0   0    0    0    1  .333  .333  .333    0   0 1980-04-25 Tokyo          
 Daisuke Matsuzaka 2007         2     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    2  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1980-09-13 Tokyo          
+-----------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+

Pitchers Born in Japan

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Pitch Glossary

                   From ToYr  W   L   W-L%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  ERA+ BirthDate  Place of Birth
+-----------------+---------+---+---+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----+----------+--------------+
 Masanori Murakami 1964-1965   5   1  .833   3.43   54   1   0   0   9   89.1   65   34  10   23  100  105 1944-05-06 Otsuki         
 Masato Yoshii     1998-2002  32  47  .405   4.62  162 118   3   0   0  757.1  805  389 112  222  447  101 1965-04-20 Osaka          
 Satoru Komiyama   2002        0   3  .000   5.61   25   0   0   0   0   43.1   53   27   7   12   33   71 1965-09-15 Chiba          
 Steve Chitren     1990-1991   2   4  .333   3.58   64   0   0   0   4   78     66   31   8   36   66  106 1967-06-08 Tokyo          
 Kazuhiro Sasaki   2000-2003   7  16  .304   3.14  228   0   0   0 129  223.1  165   78  24   77  242  138 1968-02-22 Sendai City    
 Masumi Kuwata     2007        0   1  .000   9.43   19   0   0   0   0   21     25   22   6   15   12   46 1968-04-01 Osaka          
 Shigetoshi Hasega 1997-2005  45  44  .506   3.71  517   8   0   0  33  720.1  691  297  76  265  447  124 1968-08-01 Kobe           
 Hideo Nomo        1995-2008 123 109  .530   4.24  323 318  16   9   0 1976.1 1768  932 251  908 1918   97 1968-08-31 Osaka          
 Masao Kida        1999-2005   1   1  .500   5.83   65   2   0   0   1   95.2  114   62   9   39   68   81 1968-09-12 Tokyo          
 Keiichi Yabu      2005-2008   6   2  .750   3.81   56   0   0   0   1   82.2   80   35   8   39   60  113 1968-09-28 Mie            
 Shingo Takatsu    2004-2005   8   6  .571   3.38   99   0   0   0  27   98.2   81   37  17   40   88  137 1968-11-25 Hiroshima      
 Takahito Nomura   2002        0   0 undef   8.56   21   0   0   0   0   13.2   11   13   2   18    9   48 1969-01-10 Kouchi         
 Hideki Irabu      1997-2002  34  35  .493   5.15  126  80   4   2  16  514    547  294  91  175  405   89 1969-05-15 Hyogo          
 Jeff McCurry      1995-1999   3  12  .200   5.89  111   0   0   0   1  128.1  169   84  24   63   60   78 1970-01-21 Tokyo          
 Takashi Saito     2006-2008   9   4  .692   1.75  150   0   0   0  69  159     94   31   9   41  203  257 1970-02-14 Miyagi         
 Takashi Kashiwada 1997        3   1  .750   4.31   35   0   0   0   0   31.1   35   15   4   18   19   95 1971-05-14 Tokyo          
 Akinori Otsuka    2004-2007  13  15  .464   2.44  236   0   0   0  39  232    190   63  12   80  217  170 1972-01-13 Chiba          
 Yasuhiko Yabuta   2008        0   0 undef   7.31   11   0   0   0   0   16     24   13   4    9   12   58 1973-06-09 Osaka          
 Kazuhisa Ishii    2002-2005  39  34  .534   4.44  105 102   2   2   0  564    508  278  70  354  435   90 1973-09-09 Chiba          
 Stephen Randolph  2003-2007  10   7  .588   5.52  109   6   0   0   0  155    144   95  22  136  134   84 1974-05-01 Okinawa        
 Masahide Kobayash 2008        2   0 1.000   1.86   19   0   0   0   2   19.1   19    4   2    2   13  223 1974-05-24 Yamanashi      
 Hiroki Kuroda     2008        1   3  .250   3.67    9   9   0   0   0   54     56   22   5   16   31  119 1975-02-10 Osaka          
 Mac Suzuki        1996-2002  16  31  .340   5.72  117  67   1   1   0  465.2  501  296  67  265  327   86 1975-05-31 Kobe           
 Hideki Okajima    2007-2008   4   2  .667   1.94   84   0   0   0   6   88.1   63   19   8   21   79  240 1975-12-25 Kyoto          
 Tomokazu Ohka     1999-2007  50  63  .442   4.14  184 172   5   1   0  999   1105  459 122  283  559  108 1976-03-18 Kyoto          
 Kazuo Fukumori    2008        0   0 undef  20.25    4   0   0   0   0    4     11    9   2    4    1   20 1976-08-04 Miyakonojo     
 Mike Nakamura     2003-2004   0   3  .000   7.51   31   0   0   0   1   38.1   47   32  11    9   38   63 1976-09-06 Nara           
 Craig House       2000        1   1  .500   7.24   16   0   0   0   0   13.2   13   11   3   17    8   80 1977-07-08 Okinawa        
 Kei Igawa         2007-2008   2   4  .333   6.75   15  13   0   0   0   70.2   87   53  15   37   53   66 1979-07-13 Oarai          
 Kazuhito Tadano   2004-2005   1   1  .500   4.47   15   4   0   0   0   54.1   59   27   6   18   40   97 1980-04-25 Tokyo          
+-----------------+---------+---+---+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----+----------+--------------+
                   From ToYr  W   L   W-L%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  ERA+ BirthDate  Place of Birth
+-----------------+---------+---+---+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----+----------+--------------+
 Daisuke Matsuzaka 2007-2008  21  12  .636   4.03   40  40   1   0   0  252.1  219  113  28  110  241  115 1980-09-13 Tokyo          
+-----------------+---------+---+---+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----+----------+--------------+

Managers Born in Japan

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+-------------------+--+---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-------+--------+-------+-------+----------+--------------+
 Manager             YR From  To    G     W     L     WP  BstFin WstFin PostSsn Pennants WrldSer PlyrMgr Date       Place of Birth
+-------------------+--+---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-------+--------+-------+-------+----------+--------------+
+-------------------+--+---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-------+--------+-------+-------+----------+--------------+

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